EndNote

EndNote reference management software

EndNote is a powerful research tool which helps you to manage your references, facilitate your research and is adaptable to suit your workflows.

EndNote is a bibliographic software package that enables you to:

Import references from databases, journals and text files

Import PDF files to create references

Search databases from within EndNote

Search your own references

Insert citations into your documents

Generate a bibliography in over 4500 styles

Customise output styles

Insert figures or tables into your document

Endnote support

How to access EndNote

EndNote software may be freely installed on any Imperial-owned or operated machine but all installations must be licensed. During the download process you will be asked to accept the licensing agreement and installation requires administrator permissions.

To download a copy of EndNote:

The latest version is EndNote X8. Please note that our support is for latest version of EndNote. If you require help or support using a previous version please contact your Subject Librarian. You can also upgrade EndNote X8: to do so you will need to follow the links to request a copy.

For staff and PhD students: Please go to ICT free software for staff. Please note it can only be installed on any imperial-owned or operated machine.

Useful downloads

Connection filescontain all the information necessary for EndNote to search and import references from an online database, and book references from Imperial College Library. Save files in C:\Program Files\EndNote X8\Connections.

Import filtersare files used by EndNote to transfer references previously downloaded from an online database and saved as a text file. Save files in C:\Program Files\EndNote X8\Filters.

Output styles - over 4500 are available from the EndNote website. Save files in C:\Program Files\EndNote X8\Styles.

LaTeX users

It is not possible to use EndNote’s Cite While You Write functionality with LaTeX/BibTeX. However it is possible to use the reference management features of EndNote and then export a reference list in BibTeX format.

For more information on reference management for LaTeX users please also see our BibTeX for LaTeX webpage.

EndNote Online and Basic

What is EndNote Online:

Users of Endnote Desktop can create an Endnote Online account and link the two; content is then synchronised across both versions e.g. materials added via Endnote Online will appear in Endnote and vice versa. This maximises portability of your Endnote library.

How to set up an EndNote Online account:

Click on sync in your EndNote Desktop under the Tools menu

In the pop up box you can either enter the details of your existing account or under create new EndNote account click sign up and follow the next steps

What is EndNote Basic:

EndNote Basic is a free online version of EndNote available to everyone regardless of if they have EndNote desktop.

There are two versions of EndNote Basic.

EndNote basic- free to everyone with limited number of input filters and output styles

EndNote/Mac compatibility issues

There are some compatibility issues with EndNote Cite While You Write and Word 2016 on Macintosh.

As a work around you can find help on how to add citations and bibliographies without using CWYW in the EndNote help pages. To find the instructions open EndNote and click on the help menu, here search for: Format paper instructions.